Amanda Smith is a freelance journalist and writer. She reports on culture, society, human interest and technology. Her stories hold a mirror to society, reflecting both its malaise and its beauty.

The romance industry, always at the vanguard of technological change, is rapidly adapting to A.I. Not everyone is on board. By Alexandra Alter Last February, the writer Coral Hart launched an ...

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Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In late December, over the course of just nine days, xAI’s Grok tool was used to generate and post online ...